Etymograph

English

Neo-Greek

Neo-Greek comes from French néo-grec ‘neo-Greek, Neo-Greek’, and goes back to Ancient Greek Ἕλλην ‘Hellenes’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἝλληνas Ἕλληνες‘Hellenes’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΓραικός‘Greek’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgraecusnext step skipped: Old French gri(e)u
  4. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600grec‘Ancient Greek language’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘Ancient Greek’
  6. French, derivedc. 1600–presentnéo-grec‘neo-Greek, Neo-Greek’
  7. EnglishtodayNeo-Greek

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἝλληνas Ἕλληνες‘Hellenes’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΓραικός‘Greek’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgraecusnext step skipped: Old French gri(e)u
  4. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600grec‘Ancient Greek language’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘Ancient Greek’
  6. French, derivedc. 1600–presentnéo-grec‘neo-Greek, Neo-Greek’
  7. EnglishtodayNeo-Greek

Formed from neo- + Greek

Proto-Indo-European *nu ‘now’

Proto-Indo-European *néwos ‘new’

Proto-Hellenic *néwos ‘new’

Ancient Greek νέος ‘young’

English neo-

Ancient Greek Ἕλλην ‘Hellenes’

Ancient Greek Γραικός

Latin Graecus ‘Greek, Grecian, of or pertaining to the Greek…’

Proto-West Germanic *Krēkō

Old English Grēcas ‘Greeks’

English Greek

Linked words

through Latin graecus

gringo, 2 more

Today it means

adj Describing a style of French painters and architects of the mid-19th century.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek Ἕλλην / Neo-Greek

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